forgiveness
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Forgiveness is ≠ Trust – Lessons from Joseph

Forgiveness ≠ Trust Forgiveness is not trust. Trust usually comes later, when true restoration takes place. When you forgive someone, it does not mean you trust or respect them. And, while “love covers a multitude of sins,” trust doesn’t. Here’s why. Forgiveness breaks the chains of pain, anger, bitterness, and revenge. Forgiveness wipes the slate…

giving for the heart
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Giving FOR the Heart

Empty gifts I just wanted to see some giving for the heart. That Christmas season, Dave and I walked through a large room in the social services department. Tables were piled with brand new gifts for children. Local folks and organizations had given freely and graciously, wanting to provide children who had little with a good…

voacabulary
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My New 2020 Vocabulary

Family vocabulary – music One of my family’s vocabulary words is music. My father’s family spent hours singing together -four-part a Capella music, for sure. Male quartets and ladies trios. When my uncle (as a child) had a broken leg, the only thing that quieted him was hearing his sister sing. “Sing, Mabel, sing!” he’d…

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